MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 31.3,-85.61 Latitude: 31.30 Longitude: -85.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 89 23.0 20.3 85 2.6 21.2 70 4 295.7 298.5 294.1 339.3 15.13 1 1000 129 23.7 19.7 78 4.1 20.9 74 5 296.9 299.5 294.1 339.0 14.58 2 950 577 21.3 17.8 81 3.5 18.9 70 6 298.8 301.3 294.0 338.6 13.66 3 900 1045 18.2 16.4 89 1.8 17.0 54 2 300.3 302.7 294.0 338.8 13.17 4 850 1533 15.2 14.2 94 1.0 14.6 279 2 302.1 304.3 293.7 337.7 12.06 5 800 2047 13.1 11.4 89 1.7 12.0 278 7 305.2 307.1 293.6 337.1 10.68 6 750 2588 10.4 8.6 89 1.8 9.3 274 9 307.8 309.6 293.4 336.3 9.39 7 700 3160 7.1 5.8 92 1.2 6.3 272 10 310.3 311.9 293.3 335.9 8.32 8 650 3767 3.4 2.1 91 1.3 2.7 286 11 312.8 314.1 292.9 334.3 6.88 9 600 4414 0.3 -3.2 77 3.5 -1.4 312 14 316.5 317.5 292.4 332.6 5.04 10 550 5107 -3.2 -10.1 59 6.9 -6.2 320 17 320.2 320.9 291.9 330.8 3.22 11 500 5856 -7.1 -16.0 49 8.8 -10.4 316 21 324.4 324.8 292.2 331.9 2.20 12 450 6671 -11.5 -24.8 33 13.2 -15.3 314 24 328.7 328.9 292.4 332.8 1.14 13 400 7563 -17.3 -30.9 30 13.6 -20.3 322 37 332.5 332.6 293.1 335.2 0.72 14 350 8548 -25.0 -36.2 35 11.2 -26.8 321 45 335.1 335.2 293.6 337.0 0.50 15 300 9650 -33.1 -45.4 28 12.3 -34.3 325 41 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.7 0.22 16 250 10909 -41.5 -62.8 8 21.2 -42.4 333 54 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.03 17 200 12388 -52.3 -66.2 17 13.9 -52.6 336 58 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.03 18 150 14194 -64.3 -76.7 17 12.4 -64.4 339 41 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16615 -70.6 -82.7 15 12.1 -70.6 346 35 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.64 m Freezing level: 595.22 mb = 4480.00 m = 14697.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.37 mb = 4183.07 m = 13723.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.78 mb = 424.49 m = 1392.66 ft T: 22.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 8.01 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.59 mb = 1279.83 m = 4198.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.39 C = 83.11 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: 0.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 35.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.31 mb = 955.78 m = 3135.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.31 mb = 2992.59 m = 9818.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 504.31 mb = 5788.56 m = 18991.10 ft B at Equ Level: 56.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 384.31 mb = 7858.18 m = 25781.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.1 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 336.1 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.7 neg: -4.6 tot: 19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.08 Bulk Shear: 27.78 m/s